Last modified: Sept. 16, 2023, 12:32 p.m.
A very common species throughout Belgium.
Native
Hibernates as a pupa underground.
The adults come to light and sugar.
The adults fly in two, sometimes three generations a year from mid-April till mid-October.
The larva lives mainly on Atriplex and Chenopodium, but also on other herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees like Urtica, Humulus, Hypericum perforatum, Corylus and Salix. It can sometimes be a pest on tomato.